07-19-2016, 12:44 AM
Greg some of the controls are hand operated push buttons on the white box to my right. I am working slowly on having some of the functions voice controlled so I don't have to search for a pedal and therefore interrupt the actually shearing. And no the controls are not proportional. I used two Siemens PLC's to control the hydraulic valves. Most of the functions are just on off but the crate retract is more complicated with limit switches and such so I don't have to be bothered with holding a button to get the crate out of my way while I am getting the sheep fully restrained to shear.
You are right about it being difficult to build this machine as there was not much to go on regarding heights and distances. If I would build a second one many of the functions to adjust things would not need to be included. I now know how high and how much distance things would need to be to make the machine usable for general use.
You are right about it being difficult to build this machine as there was not much to go on regarding heights and distances. If I would build a second one many of the functions to adjust things would not need to be included. I now know how high and how much distance things would need to be to make the machine usable for general use.